Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Our old house is empty

The kids and I went over to the Rockford house to get the cats.  I took the opportunity to get some photos of the house without the furniture.  I had forgotten just how huge the house looked before we moved in.  Everything looked like we had never even lived there!!!
Dining room
Sam's office
Our beautiful fireplace
The only thing left is the vacuum cleaner!!!!
Laundry room-Cleo was hiding behind the sink, I had to drag her out!!!!
Ferdy is none too happy at being left until last
Ben's bedroom-few things left in the closet that went to Goodwill
Maggie's purple room
The kids' bathroom
Daniel/Dasha/Greta/Caroline's room
Our bathroom
The basement bathroom
Basement bedroom
All that's left to do is grab the cat stuff and we are gone.  Goodbye Rockford, we loved being with you and will miss you.....

Friday, August 7, 2015

Our crazy week

Sam and I have been running around like headless chickens trying to get the house sorted for the past week.  Life has still gone on though, luckily I had a few photos in my phone to remind me that was so.  We have been to the Muny twice, to see Into the Woods (not as good as we thought it would be) and Beauty and the Beast (best this year, maybe ever).  We saw this hawk on a light in Forest Park on our way over to the Muny.
Maggie has still been horse riding.  It's horribly hot out there at the moment and the horse flies are terrible.  Even Maggie isn't as keen on going as she usually is.  Her teacher says that she is doing pretty well and should be able to move on to a higher level before too long.
We moved everything out of our old house last Wednesday.  We left the cats til last.  Ferdy had nowhere to sit but at the bottom of the stairs.  Cleo was harder to find. In the absence of furniture, she buried herself behind the sink in the laundry room.  I had to pull out the washing machine to get to her and then reach in as far as I could get and drag her out
Our furniture wasn't delivered to our new house until Thursday, so we stayed at the Chase on Wednesday night.  The kids absolutely loved it.  We walked down to the CWE and had fish and chips at Dressell's and ice cream at Jeni's.  What a perfect evening.  We got an upgrade to a 2 room suite, it was very nice.
We ate breakfast at the Chase, Maggie doesn't look too happy about it, but looks can be deceptive!!!!!
We have a lovely new fridge in our kitchen.  Apparently Maggie (by measuring size) thinks it's acceptable to close the freezer door with her foot!!!!
When I was gone last week, we had all the pipets recalibrated in the lab.  Apparently, John and Shannon think I have a problem with ownership!!!!  Things like this make me so glad I have my job.

Wrist update

I took Ben to see Dr Goldfarb yesterday.  He said he was frustrated that Ben's hand wasn't any better (yes, so are we), but that it wasn't unusual.  We are going to take him back in a couple of months and if it's no better then they will do another MRI.  He needs to work a lot more on his scar tissue, I need to try and remember to help him with it.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Our gymnastics days are over (at least for now)

Well, after 5 years Ben has decided to quit gymnastics.  I'm not exactly sure why he's decided but probably several reasons.  His hand is just not healing as well as we had hoped it would.  He says it still hurts a lot when he does gymnastics and sometimes just everyday life.  I think he's also tired of the large number of practice hours, falling further behind and he doesn't fit in as well with the group of higher level boys.  I told the gym he will not be back after this week, in fact this may be his last day with the move etc.  His coach told him he can come back any time he wants, so it may not be the end, although I suspect it is.
Maybe it's for the best, but I am very sad about it.  I loved watching him do gymnastics, going to the meets, everything.  I have to become resolved to not watching him compete in the Olympics (!), but as he said a few years ago "Mum, that's your dream, not mine...."

Friday, July 24, 2015

Life is back to "normal"

Since we got rid of the tapestry chairs, Cleo has been hating life. She really does not like the leather chairs at all.  On Saturday morning, she reached a new low and crawled into my basket by the computer because I wouldn't let her on my lap!!!!!
Ben and Maggie got back from Michigan on Saturday morning.  I think the best part of their trip was flying alone!!!
They got home and made "houses" out of some of our moving boxes-haha
We closed on our new house on Wednesday morning
Ben was the first to open the front door, he looks happy....

Friday, July 17, 2015

Hiking and campfire eating.....

 Ben told me "I'm dying, we are eating so healthy...."

Trip to the lighthouse

I think this was the day that it was only 67. Looks pretty cloudy and cool. Jan and Julie have done really well about keeping them occupied
Lots of smiles
Little Maggs